The development of biosensors capable of achieving accurate and precise molecular measurements in the living body in pH-variable biological environments (e.g. subcellular organelles, biological fluids and organs) plays a significant role in personalized medicine. Because they recapitulate the conformation-linked signaling mechanisms, electrochemical aptamer-based (E-AB) sensors are good candidates to fill this role. However, this class of sensors suffers from a lack of a stable and pH-independent redox reporter to support their utility under pH-variable conditions. Here, in response, we demonstrate the efficiency of an electron donor pi-extended tetrathiafulvalene (exTTF) as an excellent candidate (due to its good electrochemical stability and no proton participation in its redox reaction) of pH-independent redox reporters. Its use has allowed improvement of E-AB sensing performance in biological fluids under different pH conditions, achieving high-frequency, real-time molecular measurements in biological samples both in vitro and in the bladders of living rats.
基金:
National Natural Science Foundation of China [22090050, 21874121, 22122410]; National Key Research and Development Program of China [2021YFA1200403, 2018YFE0206900]; Joint NSFC-ISF Research Grant Program [22161142020]; Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [2020CFA037]; Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [LD21B050001]; Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities MCIU [PID2020-114653RB-I00, PID2020-115120GB-I00, RED2018102815-T]; Centro de Excelencia Severo Ochoa [SEV-20160686]
第一作者单位:[1]China Univ Geosci, Fac Mat Sci & Chem, State Key Lab Biogeol Environm Geol, Engn Res Ctr Nanogeomat,Minist Educ, Wuhan 430074, Peoples R China
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通讯机构:[2]Univ Complutense Madrid, Fac Ciencias Quim, Dept Quim Organ, Madrid 28040, Spain[4]IMDEA Nanosci, C Faraday,9,Campus Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Li Shaoguang,Ferrer-Ruiz Andres,Dai Jun,et al.A pH-independent electrochemical aptamer-based biosensor supports quantitative, real-time measurement in vivo[J].CHEMICAL SCIENCE.2022,13(30):8813-8820.doi:10.1039/d2sc02021a.